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The German military, which has seen its numbers dwindle from over half a million to just over 180,000, is now only the fifth largest in Europe.

Since the middle of the Cold War era, Germany’s military expenditure as a percentage of GDP has dropped dramatically. Peaking at 4.9% in 1963, it fell to an all-time low in 2005 of just 1.1%.